http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2008/08/23/874/ The magazine for the project age Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:20:14 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2008/08/23/874/comment-page-1/#comment-20775 David Green Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:09:47 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2008/08/23/874/#comment-20775 One thing I look for in project software is the ability to link any entry to the project. I think that projects have about four dimensions, for this purpose: element, e.g. external envelope; location, e.g. first floor, block A (and recognise the hierarchy of locations); material, e.g. aluminium; and system, e.g. curtain wall. So the database could be queried to fetch all outstanding issues to do with, say, curtain walls, etc. I also want my software to relate any entry to a milestone (recognising the hierarchy of milestones) and in some cases a deliverable or set of deliverables (drawings, etc.), to give another method of collecting information to assist decision making. One thing I look for in project software is the ability to link any entry to the project. I think that projects have about four dimensions, for this purpose: element, e.g. external envelope; location, e.g. first floor, block A (and recognise the hierarchy of locations); material, e.g. aluminium; and system, e.g. curtain wall. So the database could be queried to fetch all outstanding issues to do with, say, curtain walls, etc.
I also want my software to relate any entry to a milestone (recognising the hierarchy of milestones) and in some cases a deliverable or set of deliverables (drawings, etc.), to give another method of collecting information to assist decision making.

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